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Kate Hennig
Canadian actress and playwright From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kate Hennig is a Canadian actress and playwright,[1] currently the associate artistic director of the Shaw Festival.[2]
Early life and education
Hennig was born in Harlow, Ontario near London. Her father was a Lutheran minister. She and her family moved to Edmonton when Hennig was 7. Hennig attended York University briefly before dropping out.[3]
In 2002, Hennig was awarded a master's degree from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.[4]
Career
She was a shortlisted Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Actress in a Play (Large Theatre) in 2003 for The Danish Play,[5] and won the Dora for Best Actress in a Musical in 2011 for Billy Elliot.[6] Although predominantly a stage actress, she also received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 for her performance in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould,[7] and has appeared in the films Mrs. Winterbourne and The Claim, and the television series Bomb Girls, Saving Hope and L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables.
As a playwright, she has written the plays The Last Wife, The Virgin Trial, and Mother's Daughter.[8] She was nominated for Outstanding New Play at the 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards[9] and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for The Virgin Trial.[10]
In 2019, Hennig directed Holiday Inn at the Shaw Festival.[11]
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Personal life
Hennig married and later divorced Ian Prinsloo. She moved back Toronto from Calgary in 2001, after her run as Sally Bowles in Cabaret ended.[3]
Filmography
Film
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Theatre
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